Pertang (state constituency)

Pertang is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.^[1] It has been represented by Senior Member of the State Executive Council (EXCO) Jalaluddin Alias since 2023 and previously from 2013 to 2018.

Pertang (N02)

Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Jalaluddin Alias BN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	12,897

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Pertang's electorate as of 2023^[2]

1. Malay (65.5%)
2. Chinese (19.96%)
3. Other ethnicities (7.87%)
4. Indian (6.68%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 17 July 2023, the Pertang constituency has a total of 8 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Pertang (N02)	Jerang	126/02/01	Balai Raya Kampung Jerang
	Kampong Lakal	126/02/02	SK Putra
	Pasoh 4	126/02/03	SK (FELDA) Pasoh 4
	Pasoh 1	126/02/04	SK Pasoh Satu
	Simpang Pertang	126/02/05	SJK (C) Simpang Pertang
	Kampong Petaseh	126/02/06	SK Petaseh
	Pertang	126/02/07	SJK (C) Kg. Baru Pertang
	Kampong Gelang	126/02/08	SK Gelang Terusan

Representation History

Members of Assembly for Pertang
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Aminuddin Abdul Manap	Independent
2nd	1964-1969		Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Assembly was dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Aminuddin Abdul Manap	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978		BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Rais Yatim
6th	1982-1986	Abdul Kadir Kassim
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Sharif Wahid
9th	1995-1999	Razak Mansor
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018	Jalaluddin Alias
14th	2018-2023	Noor Azmi Yusuf
15th	2023–present	Jalaluddin Alias

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jalaluddin Alias	5,634	66.45	17.45
	PN	Amiruddin Hassan	2,844	33.55	33.55
Total valid votes			8,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			83
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			8,572	66.47	14.22
Registered electors			12,897
Majority			2,790	32.90	27.83
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Noor Azmi Yusof	4,008	49.00	14.49
	PH	Osman Mohd Dusa	3,593	43.93	43.93
	PAS	Hamran Abu Hassan	578	7.07	7.07
Total valid votes			8,179	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			8,392	80.69	2.71
Registered electors			10,400
Majority			415	5.07	21.91
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [4]

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jalaluddin Alias	5,090	63.49	3.77
	PKR	Muhamad Syamwill Mertadza	2,927	36.51	3.77
Total valid votes			8,017	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,140	83.40	5.62
Registered electors			9,760
Majority			2,163	26.98	7.54
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [5]

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Razak Mansor	3,887	67.26	28.71
	PKR	Halim A Aziz	1,892	32.74	28.71
Total valid votes			5,779	100.00
Total rejected ballots			198
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			6,030	77.78	5.16
Registered electors			8,173
Majority			1,995	34.52	2.58
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Razak Mansor	3,874	68.55
	PKR	Mohd Shahrir Zakaria	1,780	31.45
Total valid votes			5,654	100.00
Total rejected ballots			172
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,826	72.62
Registered electors			8,023
Majority			2,094	37.10
	BN hold		Swing